Girl Scout Cookie Time

Did I mention, Elyse is a Daisy this year?

Whats a Daisy? - First level of Girl Scouts(the one before Brownies)(K-1st grade)

Yours truly is one of her Troop Leaders. Yes, I added MORE to my already busy workload... for free. I do not get paid for the 10hrs a week I dedicate to planning meetings, and figuring out cookies, and staying on top of paper work, and planning crafts and getting badges.

Since we all think "what do I get out of it?" is that I get to have some extra time with my girl. She is definitely proud that her mommy is one of the leaders. Not only that, 3 other of the daisies in her troop are also in her class!! Plus, 2 others go to her school(all in 1st grade) and another is one of her closest friends growing up(Ellie)! The girls play "girl scouts" at recess now and it made all the volunteer work worth it! We truly have an awesome group of 9 girls!!! (yes 9!!)

That being said, the other troop leader(we are co-leaders) and I have spent the better part of January growing grey hairs, stressing over the cookie sales. There are a lot more logistics involved than I realized! Our original plan was "ehhh if they sell, great. If not, no biggie". Then we got the FACTS! Daises typically sell the most cookies. Why?? They are cute, little and this is likely the first year friends and family are getting hit up for cookies! So we were encouraged to give it a go... so we did.

Elyse even spent time writing a script, memorizing lines and having me film her for her cookie video posted on her site. She was VERY proud of it!

If you order online, and have it shipped, cookies will get to you in 2-10 business days. If you choose "girl - delivered" they will not get to you until roughly 2/19. We get the boxes to deliver on 2/18. So with the shipping cost, you get cookies early!

Let me know if you are interested and I will send you the link!

New Year, New Goals

So I love to make goals.

Even if I don't end up accomplishing them in the time frame I had hoped, or at all.
These are my goals to 2018:

- Do 3 New things
- Complete a fitness program
- Blog 2 times a month (at min)
- Read 3 books
- find a happy work/life balance
- Lose 20lbs.... okay 10... or 5..
- stop trying to make everyone else like me (professionally and personally)
- cuddle more

Goals from last year that I know I completed:

- become a Catholic
- Pass my Personal Training Exam
- continue my fitness education (Zumba, Strong and gold)
- try 3 new things (tubing, Cove bar, teaching at a gym)
- going to the Dr when im sick